Dairyline Markets In Review Cheese prices continued to bleed the second week of March but may have hit bottom. Dairy Profit Weekly’s headline last week that 2010 optimism may have been premature may be hauntingly true. Cash block cheese closed Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange at $1.2675 per pound, down 3 cents on the week, and just 1 3/4-cents … Read More
DFA Testifies at Cuba Hearing
Easing regulatory hurdles that are impeding exports to Cuba could contribute to recovery in the dairy industry. That was the main point of testimony presented Thursday before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee of Agriculture by John Wilson, senior vice president of marketing and industry affairs for Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA). Speaking in support of the Travel Restriction … Read More
Milking Parlor: Chair of FB's YF&R Sings Praises of Poo
The Milking Parlor podcast is sponsored by: He’s the man behind the YouTube hit, “Water and Poo,” and now he’s also the new chairman of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee. In this episode of the Milking Parlor, we meet Will Gilmer, a third-generation dairy farmer from Alabama, whose operation milks about 230 holsteins. And when … Read More
New Directors on World Dairy Expo Board
Congratulations to Angie Coburn, Mike Hellenbrand, Steve Larson and Bryan Voegeli, the new members of the World Dairy Expo’s Board of Directors. Angie Coburn serves as Procurement Manager for Genex Cooperative, Inc./CRI of Shawano, Wis. She has been with the company for fourteen years, and is currently responsible for all bull and embryo acquisitions while overseeing their GENESIS nucleus program. … Read More
California Dairy Industry Adopts National Dairy FARM
The members of California’s Dairy Cares coalition,made up of dairy farmers and dairy processors, have adopted the National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring Responsible Management as a statewide program to promote and verify responsible animal care. “Responsible care and treatment of animals is a core value for our dairy families, and we know it’s important to dairy consumers,” said William … Read More
Howard New Bio-Vet Representative
Congratulations to Steve Howard, the new Regional Representative for Bio-Vet, Inc., a company that researches, manufactures and markets direct fed microbial and nutritional products for dairy and beef cattle, small ruminants and horses. In this position, Steve will be responsible for selling Bio-Vet products in northeast, central and southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois and eastern Iowa. His previous work experience includes … Read More
Celebrating the Foster Mothers
Hoard’s Dairyman is celebrating the magazine’s 125th anniversary this year, and to honor this occasion, a new version of the famous “Foster Mothers of the Human Race” painting will be painted by dairy artist Bonnie Mohr. Hoard’s will be chronicling the painting in a special blog “Bonnie’s Brush with Hoard’s“. Check out the first entry below! While 2010 marks the … Read More
Defending Biotech Alfalfa
The Supreme Court will soon make a decision on whether or not farmers can grow biotech alfalfa – and it could ultimately impact other genetically modified crops. That’s why the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and several other agricultural organizations have filed an amicus curiae brief with the court in the case of “Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms” regarding … Read More
Nominate Your Mom Today!
We all know that Mom is the heart and soul of every family, and no where is that more true than in a farm family. Why not show your appreciate of all your farm Mom does by nominating her for the America’s Farmers Mom of the Year award? Hurry, nominations are due by April 9, 2010. Behind every American Farm … Read More
Iowa Farmers Feed their Community
Help Iowa dairy farmers give back to their community, up to $30,000, during the Iowa Farmers Feed US campaign. All you need to do is fan the Iowa Farmers Feed US Facebook fan page or become a Twitter follower of @IAFarmersFeedUS. Each new fan and follower will add $1 to the donation milk can. The promotion runs through March 31. … Read More